Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals contains a series of movie segments and activities to assess or practice grammar points through fun, challenging exercises. Here you will find the movie segments, the lesson plans, printable worksheets with answer key for each activity, and the tips to develop your own grammar activities with the DVDs you have at home. New activities are posted regularly. Teaching grammar with movie segments is inspiring and highly motivating.

Jan 25, 2009

This is a great movie with a lot of food for thought. This scene is narrated by Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) and it makes the understanding of the message easier. I suggest you have the students write the sentences before they view the segment because they can check their answers when they actually see it. The narrator says all the correct answers in the end of the segment. This is best for younsters and adults.

Before viewing:

A. Discuss the following questions with a partner:

1 - Do you believe in fate? Are things pre-determined to happen? Or is it all just coincidence? Explain.

2 - Do you think we have a specific day to die? Justify it.

3 - Have you ever seen/been in an accident? Describe what happened. How could the accident have been prevented from happening?

"Had any of these things happened differently, the end of Daisy’s afternoon would have been another one"
1. Daisy’s shoelace broke

2. The delivery truck moved moments earlier

3. The package wasn’t wrapped

4. The girl broke up with her boyfriend

5. The man forgot to set the alarm

6. The taxi driver stopped for a cup of coffee

7. The woman didn’t remember her coat

B. Write the sentences above with past unreal conditionals.

Ex. 1. If her shoelaces hadn’t broken,2. If the delivery truck hadn't moved moments earlier,

Daisy and her friend would have crossed (cross) the streetand the taxi would have driven (drive) by.

Jan 19, 2009

This is one of the best scenes from comic movies I have seen. I like how far fetched, but appealing it is. The answers are on the worksheet. Make sure you pre-teach court vocabulary (judge, attorney, lawyer, court, defendant, prosecutor, witness, etc).

Watch the video segment and circle the best verb for each sentence, according to the information presented in the segment. Then decide which form (gerund / infinitive / obj + gerunds or infinitive) of the words in parentheses is best.

1) The attorney refused/ wanted/ planned _____________ (accept) being replaced on the case by a Law student.

Jan 10, 2009

This segment is the beginning of the movie and you can assess the simple present tense in a contextualized manner. The movie is great and very easy for beginners.

Think about a typical morning of yours. Check all the activities that are true for you after you wake up in the morning. After that, ask your partner questions about him/her and check the ones which are true for him/her.

( )You ( ) Your friend ( ) Kingman wear slippers

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman turn on the TV

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman have vegetables for breakfast

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman make fruit juice

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman read the newspaper

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman work out

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman wear a uniform

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman put on some makeup

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman wear a helmet

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman play with the dog

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman play sports

( ) You ( ) Your Friend ( ) Kingman listen to music

Now watch the movie segment and check the ones which are true for Kingman.

Finally, write sentences about Kingman, saying what he does and what he doesn't do in the morning.

Ex: Kingman wears slippers.

Kingman doesn't listen to music.

How to prepare your own video activity:

Select a scene in which the characters’ routines are evident

Choose and prepare a list with a few of the activities the characters perform

Ask the students to check the items whose activities they perform

Students ask a partner questions about the same activities

Students watch the segment and now check what the characters in the movie perform

Students write sentences about the characters in the movie, using the simple present tense

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I'm a teacher at Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil. I'm a Branch Coordinator and Teacher Trainer as well. I really like movies and seeing them with "different" eyes, trying to see how I can use them in my classroom. Recently, I have dedicated my ideas to grammar activities with movie segments because, apparently, teachers use movies for many purposes, but grammar. Working with movie segments fosters students' production and interest. I truly believe that grammar exercises should be attractive. I have just developed a new blog for movie segments to enhance topic based classes, focusing on conversation, listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. If you have suggestions for the blogs and the activities, just say it!